Life upon this earth is worthwhile—every moment of it. It is impossible that G‑d breathes life into you and yet you have no purpose in being alive. G‑d does not create failures. We all know the specter of futility. Empty, wasted days—even lives that would seem far better off had they never been. But it is all an artifact of our constricted view. We who have no clue of the purpose of each life within the Creator’s grand scheme, no knowledge of the story of the divine spark within each creature. No concept of who we truly are. How could we measure the value of one more breath of life? If we had a perch above and beyond, we would see an entirely different world. We would see how every instance that appears to us as failure is a crucial step towards a much higher place. How the pain of tearing ourselves away from our past is the gift of true...